Rajyashri Goody
£30 + p&p, Set of Five Recipe Books, 2018 signed limited edition. Free shipping within UK
‘Is the Touch upon the Tongue Wonderful?’, ‘Do you Tire of the Same Meal Everyday?’, ‘Have you Lost all Taste?’, ‘Is Hunger Gnawing at you Belly?’, ‘What is the Price of your Sweat?’
Various references to food from five different books by Dalit writers have been extracted, interpreted, and transformed into ‘recipes’ in an attempt to contextualise and complicate the notion of cookery books. Each recipe book is an ode to Dalit literature as well as Goody’s own roots. They also comment on the restrictive nature of cookbooks, particularly in light of Dalit food practices.